Roll-paper holder and cutter.



PATENTED OCT. 24, 1905.

J. F. PINAN. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3, 1904.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. FINAN, -OF CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed December 3,1904. Serial No. 235,345.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN F. FINAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cumberland, in the county of Allegany and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and (Jutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a paper holder and cutter for holding upon a storecounter or elsewhere a roll of paper from which sheets of varying size may be cut off at will to suit the size of package to be put up.

My invention consistsin the novel construction and arrangement of parts, which I will now proceed to describe with reference to the drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the device with a roll of paper in position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the paper-cutter and its accessory parts detached from the roll-holder; and Fig. 3, a cross-section of the same,taken transversely to the roll of paper.

In the drawings, A represents a base, A A two upright standards mounted on the base, and A is a cross-bar connecting the tops of the standards, said parts forming the main frame of the device.

The standards are formed with channelbearings a, in which the spindle bof the core holding the roll of paper R is supported and revolves. These bearings may have lateral outlets a to facilitate the insertion of the spindle 0f the roll, as shown, or. they may be constructed in any other convenient or desired manner.

1n the standards above the bearings of the roll of paper are formed vertical slots 0 c, in which slides the ends of a weighted bar B, preferably made of metal and slightly beveled on its lower face. This bar rests freely upon the rollof paper and moves downwardly of its own weight in the slots 0 0 as the roll of paper decreases in size. Said weighted bar acts as a light brake on the roll of paper.

and holds it from unwinding too fast and be coming puckered or creased. In the ends of the weighted bar B where they project beyond the standards are formed vertical holes. in which are loosely contained the upwardlybent ends of horizontal arms (1 (3. These arms just outside the standards are connected together by a cross-bar D and a small rod d, located in middle position above the cross-bar, and between which rod and the subjacent cross-bar D the sheet of paper is fed and kept in true plane as it passes outwardly to the cutters hereinafter described.

Along the outer edge of the cross-bar there is formed a downwardly turned flange f, whose ends are notched at n to receive the ends of a bow-spring E. This bow-spring along its middle is attached to a yielding cutter-bar F F. This cutter-bar is formed in two pieces fastened together with a little space between them, through which the strip of paper passes to be torn off along the sharp edges. The upper section F of the cutter has next to the standards anupturned flange g, and the lower section F has along its corresponding edge a downturned flange it. These two flanges form a tapering throat, into which the paper passes, and have other functions besides. The dovvnturned flange i forms a connecting edge for the bow-spring, and the upturned edge 9 forms a thumb-rest, as hereinafter described. The lower section F of the cutter has its ends turned into sleeves s, which embrace the horizontal arms C C and slide freely on said arms, moving inwardly against the tension of the bow-spring and being retained against outward movement by heads 2',

v formed on the ends of thearms.

The operation of my holder and cutter is as follows: The paper-roll being in place in its journal-bearings in the frame, the end of the paper is carried under the weighted bar B, which may be lifted for this purpose. The paper is then passed over the cross-bar D and under the rod 03 and is then entered into the tapering throat between the upper and lower sections of the cutter-bars F F and when seized outside the cutter-bar may be torn off against the sharp edges of the bar by either an upward or downward movement. off of the paper leaves the paper edge flush with the edge of the cutterbars where it could not be grasped for pulling out a new section of paper. To provide for this, the cutter-bar is made to yield inwardly against the tension of the bow-spring, and to do this with the same hand which pulls out the paper the thumb is pressed against the flange of the upper section of the cutter-bar to force the cutter in wardly,the fingers being below the lower sections of the cutter-bar, as shown in Fig. 1. As the cutter-haryieldsinwardly, the paper offers a free extension of its edge between the thumb and forefinger to allow it to be grasped. The paper is then pulled out the desired distance, and a sheet of the required length is torn 06 This tearing I by an upward or downward sweep of the paper against the sharp edge of the cutter-bar.

I am aware that the inwardly-yielding cutter-bar is not new, and I do not claim the same broadly.

The cross-bar D and rod 03 serve to hold the paper smooth and prevent it from buckling up when the cutter-bar is pushed in and also serve to connect and hold together the horizontal arms C, which have only a loose connection with'the weighted bar B. This weighted bar B may be readily lifted off of the upturned ends of the arms C, and the arms C and the cross-bar D and cutter may be then taken off.

To prevent the arms 0 from dropping down when the roll of paper is exhausted, stop-lugs a are formed on the sides of the standards to serve as a rest for said arms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr 1. A roll-paper holder and cutter comprising a frame having vertical standards, a weighted and gravitating bar guided vertically by the standards and having its ends extended beyond the standards and perforated vertically, horizontal arms having upturned inner ends loosely secured in the perforated ends of the gravitating bar, a cross-bar connecting said arms outside the standards and a yielding cutter-bar arranged in the horizontal arms outside the cross-bar substantially as described.

2. A roll-paper holder and cutter comprising a frame having vertical standards, a weighted and gravitating bar guided vertically by the standards and having its ends extended beyond the standards and perforated vertically, horizontal arms having upturned inner ends loosely secured in the inner ends of the gravitating bar, a cross-bar connecting said arms outside the standards and having a longitudinal paper-guide above the same, and a yielding cutter-bar mounted on the horizontal arms outside the cross-bar substantially as described.

3. A roll-paper holder and cutter, comprising a-frame, a gravitating bar for the paperroll, a yielding cutter-bar arranged to slide to and from the roll and having a throat through which the paper passes, and a paper-guide arranged between the weighted bar and the yielding cutter-bar to hold the paper against bending as the cutter-bar passes back over the same substantially as described.

4. A roll-paper holder and cutter comprising a frame, a gravitating bar for the paperroll, a horizontally-sliding cutter-bar, a crossbar between the cutter-bar and gravitating bar and a' bow-spring arranged between the cutter-bar and cross-bar substantially as described.

5. A roll-paper holder and cutter, comprising a frame with vertical standards having each a vertical slot, a gravitating bar for the paper-roll having its ends extended through said slots and provided with vertical perforations outside the standards, horizontal arms having upturned inner ends loosely secured in the perforations of the gravitating bar, a crossbar connecting the arms outside the standards and a yielding cutter-bar arranged on the arms outside the cross bar substantially as described.

6. A roll-paper holder and cutter, compris-- ing a frame with bearings for the paper-roll and vertically-slotted standards, a gravitating bar arranged to press upon the paper-roll and having its ends extended through the slots of the standards and perforated vertically, horizontal arms having their inner ends secured in the perforated ends of the gravitating bar, a cross-bar connecting the horizontal arms outside the standards, a paper-guide arranged above the cross-bar, a two-part yielding cut ter-bar arranged to'slide on the horizontal arms and a spring arranged between the cutter-bar and cross-bar substantially as shown and described.

JOHN F. FINAN.

Witnesses:

W. T. CRAWFORD, CHARLES E. MIILLAN. 

